Bekka

This article is about the comic book character. For the place mentioned in Quran, see Bakkah. For the village and Roman temple, see Bakka, Lebanon.

Bekka is a superheroine appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily in stories set in Jack Kirby's Fourth World and DC's main shared universe, known as the DC Universe.^[1] She first appeared in DC Graphic Novel #4: The Hunger Dogs (1985), and was created by Jack Kirby.

Bekka
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	DC Graphic Novel #4: The Hunger Dogs (March 1985)
Created by	Jack Kirby
In-story information
Species	New God
Place of origin	New Genesis
Team affiliations	New Gods Justice League Sinestro Corps
Abilities	Immortality Superhuman physical attributes Highly skilled armed and unarmed combatant Flight Powers of desire/Love induction and healing touch Empathy Uses Yellow Lantern power ring and Mother Box

Fictional character biography

Bekka is the daughter of Himon, a scientist who created the Mother Boxes and discovered the "x-element" that fuels Metron's Mobius Chair. For many years, Bekka and Himon live undercover on Apokolips while organizing a rebellion against Darkseid before the latter is killed while rescuing Orion's mother Tigra.

In the storyline "Torment" in Superman/Batman #37–42 (August 2007–January 2008), Bekka helps Batman rescue Superman from DeSaad. She falls in love with Batman, but chooses to stay with Orion. Shortly afterwards, Bekka is killed by Infinity-Man in Death of the New Gods.^[1]

In The New 52 continuity reboot, Bekka is a member of the Council of Eight, Highfather's elite guard.^[2][3] The Council is tasked with retrieving power rings from across the universe, during which Sinestro recruits Bekka into the Sinestro Corps.^[2][4]

Powers and abilities

As a New God, Bekka is nigh-immortal and possesses superhuman physical abilities.^[5] She can heal others and manipulate and amplify their emotions.^[6][7] Furthermore, Bekka is a skilled swordfighter and wields a Mother Box and yellow power ring.

In other media

Bekka as she appears in Justice League: Gods and Monsters.

• An alternate universe variant of Bekka appears in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, voiced by Tamara Taylor.^[8][9] This version married Orion as part of a peace treaty between their respective families and planets of New Genesis and Apokolips. However, Bekka's family killed Orion and his family, forcing her to escape using a Mother Box that Orion gifted her. After arriving on Earth, Bekka becomes her universe's Wonder Woman and a founding member of the Justice League before returning to space to face her past.
• The Gods and Monsters incarnation of Bekka appears in the Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles episode "Big", voiced again by Tamara Taylor.^[9]
• Bekka appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[10]

References

1. Beatty, Scott (2008), "Bekka", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, p. 46, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1
2. Sinestro: Annual #1. DC Comics.
3. Green Lantern/New Gods: God Head #1. DC Comics.
4. Sinestro #6 - #13. DC Comics.
5. Superman/Batman #40. DC Comics.
6. Superman/Batman #41. DC Comics.
7. Sinestro #11
8. Outlaw, Kofi (July 24, 2015). "Justice League: Gods and Monsters Review". ScreenRant. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
9. "Wonder Woman / Bekka Voices (Wonder Woman)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 24, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
10. Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 24, 2024.